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Inpaint 7.1 Giveaway
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Giveaway of the day — Inpaint 7.1

Inpaint reconstructs the selected image area and deletes unwanted objects.
$19.99 EXPIRED
User rating: 213 106 comments

Inpaint 7.1 was available as a giveaway on March 1, 2018!

Today Giveaway of the Day
$49.95
free today
Helps you get back all kinds of lost or deleted data on Android devices.

Inpaint reconstructs a selected image area from the pixels near the area boundary. It may be used to delete unwanted objects from your photos, such as extra power-line, people and text. The program will automatically paint out the selected area to erase it. If some unexpected objects spoil an otherwise good photograph, you can esily remove them - just select the object. No need to fiddly mess with the clone tool. It is simple to use - just draw a selection around the object you want to remove from the picture and run Smart remove feature.

Purchase a Personal license (with support and updates) at 50% discount!

System Requirements:

Windows Vista/ 7/ 8; 1000 MHz processor; 256 MB RAM

Publisher:

TeoreX

Homepage:

http://www.theinpaint.com/

File Size:

19.9 MB

Price:

$19.99

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#52

#55 Thank you for your response Suze. I did use Admin rights to do both. That's something I've always done on this laptop with Windows 7. However, I discovered that I had installed Batch Inpaint2.2 at some point and had forgotten about it. So I don't feel as if I've lost out too much. Perhaps it was a conflict between the two installations. My laptop seems to be functioning without any problems so I'll just have to wait until the next freebie which requires "activate" to find our if it was a one off. I sincerely hope so!

Reply   |   Comment by Colin  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#51

#3 Colin
Further to my last comment - I have run checks on everything I can think of and my laptop has come up clean with no malware/ virus in evidence. I tried once again to install Inpaint. It installed perfectly but when I ran activate it again triggered crashes. I immediately shut down but from what I could see before it did all my plug-ins seemed to be affected. I feel quite sad as I have Inpaint on a Vista laptop and it works perfectly and I wanted to have the later version under my WIndows 7 laptop. Activate has not caused me a problem in the past and my laptop is functioning perfectly as far as I can tell. Leaves me kind of worried why this should happen

Reply   |   Comment by Colin  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

Colin, did you happen to both run and activate as an Admin? Sometimes that's the only way to successfully install some software. It might be too late for Inpaint, but good luck.

Reply   |   Comment by Suze  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#50

use fb approach to dl, the post did reach on my timeline,
but the GOTD site hang up with no dl link appeared.
so went by email link & did receive a dl link.

as i saw some win 10x64 users had problems,
so disabled what had to disable,
followed the steps in ReadMe.
until the final stage, no issue & look ok.
hope this can help some users here.

thanks TeoreX & GOTD.

win 10 x64 os

Reply   |   Comment by donald  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#49

Downloaded. Had to click activate.exe twice, once to extract the files then again in extracted file (which then showed a colorful icon). All is working okay. Thanks.

Reply   |   Comment by blue  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-3)
#48

I'm a fan of Inpaint but this version is a backward step.

The main issue, and one that makes it unusable, is the lack of scroll bars. As others have mentioned, the new method for scrolling uses the mouse scroll wheel. Which is no use for a laptop user with no scroll wheel. So if you zoom in you can't move the image at all (if they don't want scroll bars, simply add a right click drag feature).

Secondly, it's actual inpainting seems to have taken a backwards step too with noticeable edges to the inpainted areas. This was never an issue with previous versions.

A shame, but hopefully can regain it's former glory in some future version.

Reply   |   Comment by JDP  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+5)
#47

Before installing today's giveaway, Inpaint 7.1, I scanned GOTD's zipped folder with 4 different anti-virus/anti-malware programs. (I always do that.) All 4 showed that it was clean. After extracting the zipped folder's contents, I scanned the extracted files. Again, all 4 anti-virus/anti-malware programs showed that they were clean.

However, after I ran the Setup.exe file, within seconds of the installation finishing, my main anti-virus/anti-malware program, which I use for real-time protection, popped up a threat alert flagging C:\Program Files\Inpaint7\Inpaint.exe. It reported the threat type as "Gen:Variant.Symmi.82515."

Seeing the threat alert, I uploaded the Inpaint.exe file to VirusTotal. It had been scanned previously, so I had the site freshly "Reanalyze" it. Here's the link to the results:

https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/a15f4e059e23dfd42b29e3380c1e451051350e796c422dd8ee6fba88982ac1b6/detection

11 out of 67 scanners, including Bitdefender, F-Secure, and Ad-Aware, reported malware in the file, usually the same "Gen:Variant.Symmi.82515." Among the 56 that reported the file clean were Symantec, Avira, Kaspersky, Avast, and AVG.

If Inpaint 7.1's executable is really clean, the publisher, Teorex, should contact the makers of the scanners that detected malware in it to discover the cause(s) of the false positives.

Reply   |   Comment by Jose  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)
#46

Love this program - I have the paid version on my desktop and today's free offering on my Win 10 tablet. Installation has been straightforward and simple, and I use it frequently.

In this new version 7.1 I don't like the lack of scrollbars to help move the image. When I am working on a picture and am zoomed in, without the scrollbar I cannot easily move the picture while still zoomed to extend an area that I am touching up. In addition, when I zoom out to see the entire picture the image is not centered in the workspace. Without the scrollbars there is too much time wasted zooming in and out when you are trying to move the image.

If you are determined to not have the scrollbars then you desperately need a grab tool that lets you grab the image and move it around while still zoomed in. Also you need a button to automatically center the image in the workspace - but that would be adding two new features that wouldn't be needed if you kept the scrollbars in the first place.

Reply   |   Comment by Jon651  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+5)
#45

Installed on XP-PRO-SP3 machine, not working: got: "Not a valid 32bit program" error.
Had v.6 before which worked fine and I stupidly over-wrote, then deleted.
Any help appreciated from company or members here.

Reply   |   Comment by Eldad  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Eldad, I did get the same error

Reply   |   Comment by Ootje  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#44

I have tried for HOURS and just cannot get it to install to Windows 10/64. Too bad. A previous version was priceless.

Reply   |   Comment by Popsrite  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-4)
#43

What's the deal with this software. Scary ...!!!!
It alerted my windows 8.1 64 bits with the following blue screen message (This is not from my AV software, it's turned off):

"Windows protected your PC
Windows SmartScreen prevented an unrecognized app from starting. Running this app might put your PC at risk."

and below that there're 2 buttons

Run anyway Don't run.

Off course, I did NOT run. This is scary.!!!!

Even thought, I have the 6.1 version installed.

Reply   |   Comment by A. Bassam  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#42

ok It does not work on windows xp eventhough stated it does here on their site it is not. I assume that windows Xp (64 bit) might work ;)

Reply   |   Comment by DBpvr  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#41

Make a version for Mac, please.

Reply   |   Comment by T.  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-3)

T., Inpaint already have version for Mac: https://www.theinpaint.com/download.html

Reply   |   Comment by Max  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#40

Used the email link, downloaded, set up, activated and using within a couple of minutes (Win 10, 64 bit).

What could be easier.

Reply   |   Comment by Niv  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+5)
#39

There are several users reporting errors when trying to install on 32-bit Windows.

Can we get confirmation this is working on Windows 7-32-bit?

Reply   |   Comment by Dave  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

Dave, I think the problems are XP related (even with SP3 and up to date dotnet stuff) not 32/64 bit. I think the main executable is hard wired to run on Vista or later (may be wrong, but I think it has to do with which version (of Visual Studio?) it is compiled against), and I suspect the installer may have both a 32 bit and 64 bit copy inside, and it installs whatever it thinks it is running on.

Reply   |   Comment by Jon Smith  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

Dave, Inpaint supports Win7 32bit

Reply   |   Comment by Max  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#38

Program unusable, due to not being able to move around image when zoomed,scroll bars missing...W10 Build 16299 Rel 170928 X64

Reply   |   Comment by VJ  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#37

One of the all-time best! I've been hoping this one would come back!! Thanks, GAOTD!!!

Reply   |   Comment by Panda  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+7)
#36

I've downloaded it twice and done everything listed in the text file. I'm running Windows XP corporate edition.
Every time I try to run it I get an "Inpaint.exe is not a valid Win32 application".
Any suggestions?
Thanks

Reply   |   Comment by Mike  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#35

I have tried twice to download the app. I do NOT have a Facebook account, so gave my email address instead, but I have not received the link.

Reply   |   Comment by kalmly  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

kalmly, to who did you give your e-mail address? I just clicked a "Download" button at the top of this screen, and I've got the file already.

Reply   |   Comment by Walter Snodgrass  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#34

Downloaded, installed and activated without any problem ( Win10 pro x64). Thank you! In the past I used an older version just for home needs ( don't remember which one). With some pictures didn't have desired effect, will see this one.

Reply   |   Comment by BOGO  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#33

1) Download the zip file.
2) Extract all the files in it to a separate folder.
3) Disable your antivirus.
4) Run setup. If you're not already using an admin account, right click and run as administrator.
5) UNCHECK launch app and click Finish.
5(a) Reenable your antivirus.
6) Run activate like you ran setup (as admin). MAKE SURE Inpaint is NOT running when you do this!!! If you did step 5 and unchecked the launch box you should be fine.
7) Navigate to the folder the program is in (C:\Program Files\Inpaint7 for 64 bit Windows; I would guess it's C:\Program Files (x86)\Inpaint7 for 32 bit.)
8) Double click Inpaint.exe to run the program.
9) If you want a desktop shortcut (and who doesn't), right click Inpaint.exe and choose "Send to Desktop (create shortcut)".

This is a great program for what it does. One of my all time favourite GOTD apps and glad to have discovered the company and its other tools through GOTD. I just tried a simple edit to make sure it works so cannot comment on any changes from previous versions. Thanks GOTD and TeoreX.

Reply   |   Comment by Bebop17  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+13)

Bebop17,
Please read my posting I just typed, #57.
Very let down by the company.

Reply   |   Comment by Hana  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#32

No horizontal or vertical bar when I enlarge an image by zoom.
It is not possible to zoom in the sides of the image.
I think this is a beta version of Inpaint software. :(

Reply   |   Comment by Gruko  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+8)

Gruko, I replied to a similar comment earlier today. The zoom feature will center on the part of the image where your mouse cursor rests. If you have a scroll wheel on your mouse, move your cursor to a corner and scroll the wheel up to zoom in. The image will zoom in to that corner. This is kind of a new feature that seems to be mimicking how pinch-zoom works on phones and tablets. It's an odd thing for a desktop program.

Reply   |   Comment by Aaron  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)

Gruko, It has a new form of auto scroll. Put your mouse on the area you want to work on and use the mouse wheel to enlarge and it will enlarge into that section. I liked the scrollbars as well, but this is progress.

Reply   |   Comment by Chris (correct this time)  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

Chris, it's not progress if you don't have a mouse wheel (ie a laptop user). It's literally the opposite of progress.

Reply   |   Comment by JDP  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#31

Correct procedure for installing GOTD programs:

1) Deactivate your anti-virus for a couple of minutes

2) Install Setup with Run as Administrator then don't allow the program to run if 2A needed

2A) If there is an activate, run it also as Administrator

3) Run the program, in some rare cases you might need to reboot

4) If everything is fine, reactivate your anti-virus

Reply   |   Comment by Paul Girardin  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)

My procedure went well today and I have the "FULL" program

Reply   |   Comment by Paul Girardin  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-4)
#30

I had the BatchInpaint from an earlier GOTD offering and liked it very much. I tried today's offering and liked it even more. I agree with some of the comments regarding improvements or adjustments, but overall it is a handy and easy to use program. It's working fine on my Win7Pro. I also took advantage of today's 50% discount and bought it.

Reply   |   Comment by ZoneB  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#29

Just some examples with a minimum of effort(just one step); some good, some ok and some not good:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4owr7msc5rvczs8/AADjXdIRvqleFHTP9oDyQ5gKa

Reply   |   Comment by Ootje  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+11)
#28

Got issue with activation. Ran the "activate.exe". Got the confirmation that the software is activated. Try to change a picture and can't save. Need to enter Serial code!!!!
My previous version 6.2 (was activated and worked fine) now become "inactivated". HELP!!!!

Reply   |   Comment by Tam Ng  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

Tam Ng,

Maybe email TeoreX support? Support e-mail is: support@theinpaint[.]com

If the old version de-activated I would think that the key's registry value was deleted, but since the new version isn't activated, maybe nothing was written in its place, or the wrong value was entered. If Activate.exe has permission to alter [remove?] the old value, it should have permission to replace it, so the only thing I can think of at the moment is that maybe something stopped Activate.exe from completing (?). Maybe it was your security software, though usually when that happens I *think* Activate.exe doesn't do anything, but I could be wrong.

Reply   |   Comment by mike  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

Tam Ng,

Try System Restore. This should return you to position immediately before you installed v7.1, i.e. with v6.2 installed. (On Windows 10, Start - Control Panel- Recovery - Open System Restore. HTH.

Reply   |   Comment by S Johnson  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

Tam Ng, Tha program Activate has a Themida-wrapper.
And with some AV gives that a problem.
Maybe Activate will run propely, if you pause the AV.
Activate the AV as soon as possible.

Reply   |   Comment by Ootje  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)

Tam Ng, run activate.exe after closing inpaint.

Reply   |   Comment by Ritchi Freudenkinder  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

Tam Ng,


Correct procedure for installing GOTD programs:

1) Deactivate your anti-virus for a couple of minutes

2) Install Setup with Run as Administrator then don't allow the program to run if 2A needed

2A) If there is an activate, run it also as Administrator

3) Run the program, in some rare cases you might need to reboot

4) If everything is fine, reactivate your anti-virus

Reply   |   Comment by Paul Girardin  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)

Tam Ng,
Same problem here. Frustrating, but will try a few more times.

Reply   |   Comment by Hana  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Mike and Tam,
Please read my posting #57. I tried all ways possible for me to figure out on correctly being able to have it installed so that I could SAVE items. But each time said needed serial number. Emailed their support group, and they said it was too late now, and I have to buy. I downloaded directly and should have had access.

Reply   |   Comment by Hana  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#27

The link gave me as a download a file that ends with the peculiar extension ".zip.opdownload". It will not rename or unzip. What can I do with it?

Reply   |   Comment by Laxative  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)

Laxative, Sounds like it didn't download properly. Try downloading again. The .ZIP file should be 20,388 KB in size.

Reply   |   Comment by Chris Locke  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)

Laxative, Sometimes, depending on your browser, a temporary file is created. When the download is complete the file is moved to the final actual name. If the download is in progress or never completed the "Weird" filename may persist. Mine usually has "part" as part of the name. Try another download.

Reply   |   Comment by OldGuy  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+5)

OldGuy, and Chris Locke
Thank you both, I re-downloaded, it came O.K., installed, activated and then tried to open, but got a message that it‘is not a win32 application’
See comment #27.
Why don’t they tell us all the system requirements to save us wasting time on what does not work?
I must now uninstal, with the usual fear that it leaves something

Reply   |   Comment by Laxative  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#26

Very good program. One of those"timeless classics" it is.

Reply   |   Comment by Siva  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#25

Thanks for this. Now if only Corel was a giveaway of the day as well.

Reply   |   Comment by Julie  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-8)

Julie,

"Now if only Corel was a giveaway of the day as well."

:)
Best you can do with Corel in my experience is get on their mailing list, always check software sales [e.g. Fry's, Newegg, Amazon], & be patient. You do need to be aware of the current version however, since sales on old versions are unfortunately common. If you already have one or more Corel apps installed in win10, you'll probably also get pop-up offers, without any Corel apps running. While I'm still waiting for a deal on PaintShop Pro Ult X10 & VideoStudio Pro Ult 2018, I've been able to pick up the last several versions, while they were still current, for around $25 each.

Reply   |   Comment by mike  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+5)
#24

Before installing, I uninstalled two versions (5.0 and 5.1) that stopped working anyway. Then I installed this giveaway, 7.1. I have XPsp3, and now when I try to run I get "c:\program files\Inpaint7\Inpaint.exe is not a valid Win32 application" so that's the end of that!

Reply   |   Comment by WaveThemes  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+8)

WaveThemes,
still operational on XP3 is a vm version. (works on Win 10 as well...)

http://my.jetscreenshot.com/9448/20180301-2z3u-111kb.jpg

Reply   |   Comment by lidl1  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-7)

WaveThemes, maybe you can go back to an earlier Restore Point to get 5.0 and 5.1 back. Good luck!

Reply   |   Comment by Suze  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

lidl1,
The JPG shows a really old version, please re-upload with the current version 7.1.

Reply   |   Comment by Dave  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#23

For years I have always wanted something like this, and I could not have designed it better.

Reply   |   Comment by Morgan Pierce  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-5)
#22

A GREAT and WONDERFUL program. Tried it here and had to purchase it! Try it and you will like it. Priced reasonably.

Reply   |   Comment by Morgan Pierce  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#21

Excellent. Quick and efficient. Works like a charm.

Reply   |   Comment by Mark S  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+5)
#20

How would I know that I have registered the program and is running the full version, not the trial version.

Reply   |   Comment by PM Karaoke  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

PM Karaoke, If it's not registered it will have options under the "help" tab to buy and enter serial number.

Reply   |   Comment by cn  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)

cn, Thanks. I see.

Reply   |   Comment by PM Karaoke  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Bob,
close the program befor starting activate.exe

Reply   |   Comment by Ritchi Freudenkinder  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

PM Karaoke and Bob,

Correct procedure for installing GOTD programs:

1) Deactivate your anti-virus for a couple of minutes

2) Install Setup with Run as Administrator then don't allow the program to run if 2A needed

2A) If there is an activate, run it also as Administrator

3) Run the program, in some rare cases you might need to reboot

4) If everything is fine, reactivate your anti-virus

Reply   |   Comment by Paul Girardin  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-3)

Bob, the activation program believes that it has been activated but due probably to your anti-virus program it is not.

Reply   |   Comment by rick  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)

Bob, For some reason I had to click "Activate exe." to get it to register. It usually does it automatically.

Reply   |   Comment by cn  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#19

Very glad to see InPaint as a giveaway. I had two versions - one the very first iteration - of the app on my XP system, but none on my Win 7. I wonder how long the 50% discount offer will last. I am very busy today, but if I like it this new version, I'd like to purchase it.

Reply   |   Comment by kalmly  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-2)
#18

I agree with all votes. Inpaint has been on my recommendation list for long time

Reply   |   Comment by adif  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)
#17

all I get at the download link is a 404 page not found.

Reply   |   Comment by Paul Harris  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)
#16

InPaint is a "must have program". I already have version InPaint 6.2 but this new one is much better. I also love the activation process. Thanks a lot Teorex and GAOTD for a great tool.

Reply   |   Comment by Luis  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+11)
#15

Just some examples with a minimum of effort(just one step); some good, some ok and some not good:
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4owr7msc5rvczs8/AADjXdIRvqleFHTP9oDyQ5gKa

Reply   |   Comment by Ootje  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+20)
#14

Hi, I wouldn't exactly call Inpaint 'jack of all trades', but it has its uses and it's worth keeping in one's photo Toolbox!! - provided it doesn't play around spoiling other fixtures on users desktops, Installation allows earlier versions of Inpaint to stay intact (especially if kept on different locations on PC), a.s.o. We had a shedload of eager Registry 'snoopers' of lately, making us feel on edge when we realize something is suddenly 'undone' without our control or permission..
Hope TeoreX doesn't follow similar trend! Backing up Registry beforehand in fear of changes done when installing from the same Vendor is really not an option, gift or purchase, sorry.

Since last Giveaway (v.6.2) it improved few things, as seen here:
https://www.theinpaint.com/download.html#changelog

That said - I have few of their Software and enjoy using daily (like Folderico for instance) and would like to carry on with my support to TeoreX. Don't let me down please!

Reply   |   Comment by fran  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+11)

fran,

In the past TeoreX has always played nice with very good manners. The apps, e.g. Inpaint, are made up of a single .exe file that can be placed anywhere on your drive(s), with registry entries limited to a single TeoreX key. The registration or activation key, in the past at least, has always been overwritten by the new key, but the developer has been unusually nice in making sure new keys also work with older versions. :)

Reply   |   Comment by mike  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+4)
#13

I installed this program a couple of years ago and found it very good especially for background removal. Unfortunately, I had some problems with the PC requiring Windows re-install and could of course not re-install/activate the Giveaway.
I do appeal to the publisher or GOTD or both, to enable reactivation even after the giveaway offer has passed, as long as one has downloaded the set-up file.
This is absolutely possible like on a couple of other Giveaway sites. I can in the case of Windows reset, etc ... re-install giveaways, as long as you still have the valid key, unless it was for a limited period.

Reply   |   Comment by xprt007  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)

xprt007, the idea behind getting it for free is, you get a chance to try the program including all the options without any restrictions. It's unfortunate that you had problems with you PC and lost the program, but you milked the program for two years and I would thing that's more to decide if you like it. The price is more than reasonable, buy it. What you are asking the programmer to do, they may as well give it away for free and I'm sure they are not in the business to do that.

Reply   |   Comment by befair  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)
#12

Oh wow! This is just the programme I've been waiting for. Simple to use with effective results.

Thank you muchly to GOTD and TeoreX.

Reply   |   Comment by Steve  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)
#11

TeoreX: Thank You
I would like to see follow the arch to go with follow the line feature
[because life is not all straight lines] :-)

Reply   |   Comment by MOV  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)
#10

Great program, I loved the elder version. Thanks to TeoreX and GOTD.

I could install it without removing of my elder version.

Have a nice day and enjoy.

Reply   |   Comment by Ritchi Freudenkinder  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+7)
#9

Thanks to GAOTD I've had Inpaint for many years and loving it! I'm a noob when it comes to photo editing, and even I can get professional looking results with a few clicks. My highest recommendation.

Reply   |   Comment by Benn  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+8)
#8

For some reason the scrollbars are missing. How do I scroll an enlarged image to fine tune the Inpainted area? All of the older versions have it.

Reply   |   Comment by Cheis  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+13)

Cheis, the new version uses a kind of smart zoom. If you have a mouse with scroll-wheel, move your cursor to the part of the image you want to enlarge and then rotate your mouse scroll-wheel up. The image will zoom centered where the mouse cursor is pointed. It takes some getting used to and is not as accessible as traditional scroll bars. Perhaps the developer will take this comment to heart.

Reply   |   Comment by Aaron  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+17)

Cheis, To move image, just hold SPACE button and move it using left mouse button.

Reply   |   Comment by Max  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

Aaron, thanks

Reply   |   Comment by Chris (correct this time)  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (0)
#7

Says its for windows xp as well but does not run at all because its 64 bit only lol uninstalled

Reply   |   Comment by DBpvr  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

DBpvr, on a side note it installed fine on Vista,windows 7,8,1 and 10

Reply   |   Comment by DBpvr  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (-1)
#6

Teorex products are often more trouble that they are worth which is a pity because sometimes they do what they are supposed to do quite well. As v7 has a new inpainting algo 'neural networks...' I was keen to give it a go but no dice, doesn't work on XP despite what it says above.

Inpaint as regulars will know is keen on fraticide: install a latter version and it will kill its older siblings. The work around is to save the relevant registry keys that contain the serials before doing anything else. That meant when my Inpaint 7 install (which wouldn't run on my dearly beloved XP machine) killed my v6 installation, I could uninstall v7 and resurrect v6. Phew!

Reply   |   Comment by Jon Smith  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+23)

Jon Smith,

"...doesn't work on XP despite what it says above."

Apparently an error on the GOTD page, as the TeoreX site says Vista <-> 10 on the download page.

theinpaint[.]com/download.html

Reply   |   Comment by mike  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)
#5

As usual, the "Activate.exe" is hot! (VirusTotal).
This is the main reason I' not interested in softwares without serial numbers.
I know that a lot of you don't care about virustotal scores and can say that "there are false positives", but are you realy sure.?!

Reply   |   Comment by ChrisH  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+1)

ChrisH,
Not so. VirusTotal gives it a clean bill of health, 60 out of 61 scanners, with only an obscure one going red.
https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/e29b42c6101ce6cd0efdcf25e53669095df444a73db3c7eb8b81af5053bfe2fc/detection

The above correction in the interests of fairness, and so as not to deter people who would find this tool useful.

As for the tool's performance, the previous version was generally doing a fairly good job, but no automatic tool can deal with difficult cases.

Reply   |   Comment by tomcat  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+6)

ChrisH,

GOTD has a sterling reputation, which is what I/we rely on.

"... "there are false positives", but are you realy sure.?!"

FWIW, there are so many possible threats out there that you can never be "Really Sure" about anything, regardless VirusTotal. One of the vulnerabilities February's cumulative patch fixed allowed you to become infected if you received an email -- you didn't have to open or run an attachment, you didn't have to open the email, & you didn't even have to preview the email. Also please note that VirusTotal is based on submitted reports of malware rather than hard evidence. Could some company deliberately submit false positives? It's happened. Like Paul says in the movie of the same name: "Sometimes you just gotta roll the dice."

Reply   |   Comment by mike  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

ChrisH, Yes, I'm sure. The reason it gets flagged is because the .exe is encrypted. Virus scanners can't detect what they can't see, so therefore flag it as suspicious (its not normal for .exes to be encrypted).

This site has been around for many years, and as far as I'm aware, despite giving away sofware every day, haven't released an .exe which has had a virus in it.

Reply   |   Comment by Chris Locke  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+3)
#4

Inpaint is less accurate than other paid softwares, but good to have it handy for emergencies. I did not have any installation issues. Running latest version of Windows 10.

Reply   |   Comment by Behram Cooper  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+2)

Behram Cooper,

"Inpaint is less accurate than other paid softwares"

I would politely disagree. An app like P/Shop uses its algorithms, while Inpaint uses theirs. Sometimes one works a bit better than another, but in my experience that's most often based on the image itself, & what you're asking or expecting the software to do.

Reply   |   Comment by mike  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+7)
#3

Once installed constant stream of apps crashing, lost all my desktop icons and screen went black. Had to use task manager to get out and do a reboot and restore. Running Windows 7 and never experienced this before even with previous version of Inpaint while using Vista. Anyone else experienced this or have any explanation for what went wrong?

Reply   |   Comment by Colin  –  6 years ago  –  Did you find this comment useful? yes | no (+13)
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